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T all whom it may concern. other form of the invention. Fig. 5 is 9. Beit known that I, CHARLES NUHRING, a transverse sectional view ofthe formshown citizen of the United States, residing at Cinin Fig. 4. Fig. 6 isa. side elevation of a furcinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Statether formof the invention. Fig. 7 is a trans- 0 of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useverse sectional view of the form shown in f ulImprovements in Hose-Racks; and I do Fig. 6. I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, Referring in detail to the drawin s. the clear,and exact descri )tion of the invention, numeral 1 designates a support,whic 1 supsuch as will enable olliers skilled in the art port comprisesa head 2 from which extend to which it appertains to make and use the apair of parallel arms 3, said arms forming same. the sides ofthesupport. The head 2 is ro- T his invention relates to improvements invided with perforated ears through wiiich hose racks, and moreparticularly relates to passes a pivotal bolt 4, and through the mehoseracks of that type wherein the hose is diunrof said bolt the support 1is pivotall 7o suspended in pendent loops from pins sepaconnected to awall plate 5, whereby the mo rab y related to 'a support. is held infixed position upon a wa l or other In the type of racks referred to,which are suitable support and in proximity to a stand mostly em )loyedfor fire hose, the pins are pipe to wluch the hose is connected. causedto leave the support when tto loops It will be noted that the upperedges of the of the hose are drawn from the rack, and in arms 3 areinclined from the head 2 to the the common form of these racks the pinsfree extremities of said arms, and mounted drop away from the supportand fall upon upon said edges is a plurality of supporting the floor.Consequently, the pins not only pins 6. These pins constitutehose-supportbecome scattered, but in dropping upon the mg members. Thepurpose in inclining the so floor they provide a source of possibleinjury upperedges of; the arms 3 is to revent accito the inmates of thebuilding, in that perdental displacement of the pins rom the free sonsare liable to step on the loose pins, tri end of the support 1, and itwill be noted that and fall, and thus sustain injuries of sue the endsof said pins are reduced to provide character as to possibl preventtheir escape I lugs 7, which lugs rest u on the arms 3 when from theburning buil' ing. thepins 6 are applied-t iereto. The hose is It istherefore the object of the present inpassed over the pins 6 in pendentloops in the ventionto improve the construction of hose usual manner,and by separating the pins at racks by providing simple and eflieientmeans suitable distances the loops of the hose hang whereby thesupporting pins will be held in freely in separated relation, and thuspermit associated relation when the same are repassa e of airtherebetween; moved from the support, but which will per- As beforepremised, it is the obi'ect of the mit the pins bein readily manipulatedfor present invention to provide simp e and efiipositioning upon t 1esupport, ant to be sepcient means whereby the supporting ins will aratedto the necessary extent when so )OSlbe held in associated relation whent e same tioncd to enable the pendent loops 0 the are removed from thesupport, and to the achose hangin in' )roper relation for thepascomplishment of this end each of the pins 6- sage of air t iereetween; is provided with an aperture 8 through which \Yiih this generalobject in view, and othis passed a flexible strand 9; This strand is erswhich will appear as the nature of the preferably int-he form of a smallchain, but-it improvements is )etter understood, the inis obvious thatany other material may be vent-ion consistssubstantially in the novelsubstituted therefor, and the inner end'of construction, combination andarrangement said strand is connected atanysuitable point of partshereinafter fully described, lllllS- of the rack, while the outer end 18connected trated in the accompanynn drawings, and to the outermost pm 6,the strand passing pointed out in the appended claims. loosely throughthe apertures of the other In the drawin sFigure 1 is a side elevapins,and thus permitting these to freely tion of a rack cm )odying thehcreindescribed move along the strand. It is, of course, obimprovements.Fig. 2 is a top plan view vious that the strand must be of sufiicientthereof. Fig. 31satransversescctionalviewlength to permit the outermostpin being taken through one of the )lIlS, the hose being readilydisplaced from the arms 3 when the omitted. Fig. 4 is a si e elevationof anhose is removed from the rack, and consequently tl'ierewill'be aslack portion in the strand, when the pins are in supporting positionupon the arms, as clearly seen in Fig. 1.

With the construction above described, it is obvious that when pressureis applied to the hose for removing successively the pendent loopsthereof from the rack, the outermost )111 will be displaced from thearms 3, and t 1e remaining pins successively dis placed as thesuccessive loops of the hosecave the support. As each pin isremoved fromthe arms the same moves into'contact with the outermost pin, to whichthe outer end of the tlexiblestrandis fixedly connected, pndwhen all ofthe pins have leftthe arms 3 it will be seen that the same are held uponthe strand in associated relation. Consequently, the pins are preventedscattering, and therefore are not permitted to fall upon the floor, andunder these conditions it is seen that there is no liability to injuryto the inmates of the building by tripping upon the )ins, as is commonlythe case in the usual iorm of racks of this character;

In Fig. 4 is illustrated another form of the invention, and by referringto this View it will be noted that the arms 3 are provided with inclinedslots 10 which receive the supporting pins. The pins 11 employed in thisform are substantiahy the same as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, butin lieu of forming the a )erturcs in the bodies of the pins, through which apertures the flexible strand 9-passes, a ring 12 is formed on oneend of eaohof the pins 11 through which a flexible strand 13 is passed;In this form of the rack the outer end of the strand 13 is provided witha head 14 to prevent the pins passing off the strand, this head beinsubstituted for the fixed conncction-with the outermost pin employed inthe form'illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. It is obvious, however, thateach of these constructions may be substituted for the other, and thatthe form of pin illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 maybe interchanged with theform of pin illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, both forms of pins beingequally well adapted for use with eit \er of the forms of supportillustrated in the figures referred to. 7

In Figs. G and 7 is shown a further form of the invention. This formdh'l'ers from the other two forms in that the arms 3 are'circular incross'section, and associated with these arms is a plurality of pins15'having loops 16 at their ends, said loops receiving the arms 3, andthus proyid ing a'slid able, as well as separable, connection'betweenthe pins and the arms. A flexible strand ]7 passes through I the loopsat one end of the pins 15, in a mannor similar to the arrangementillustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, and consequently when the pins 15 are dislaced from the arms 3 the same will belie d inassociated relation, andprevented fallingto the floor. The pins 15 are preferably formed ofstout wire, which latter is looped to rovide the loops 16, but

it is obvious that t 16 1pins may be otherwise formed, so long as esame: are provided with loo )5 at their extremities adapted to engage t.e arms 3.

The dotted lines in Fig. 6 illustrate the as sociated relation assumedby the pins of all the forms when the pins are removed from the racks,thus preventing their falling to the floor, as above described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is:

. 1. IA hose rack, comprising a support, a plurality of supporting pinsassoeiatet therewith, and a flexible strand coimected to said pins,whereby the same are held in associated relation when displaced from thesupport in the removal of the hose, one end of said strand being fixedto maintain the pins in said relation.

2. A hose rack, comprising a sup ort, a plurality of supporting pinsassociatet therewith, and a flexible strand passing through said pins,whereby the latter are held in associated relation when displaced fromthe sup ort in the removal of the hose, one end of sait strand beingfixed to maintain the pins in said relation.

, 3. A-hosc rack, comprising a support, a plurality of supportin pinsassociatet therewith and separably reIated thereto, said pins havingapertures, and a flexible strand passing through the apertures of saidpins, whereby the pins are held in associated relation when displacedfrom the support in the removal of the hose, one end of said strandbeing fixed to maintain the pins in said relation.

4. A hose rack, comprising a support, a plurality of hose supportingmembers associated therewith, and a flexible strand upon 'which thesupporting members become assembled when said members are displaced fromthe support.

5. A hose rack, comprising a support, a

plurality of hose supporting members associated therewith, and aflexible strand upon which the supporting members become assembled inregular succession as the members successively leave the support.

6. In a hose rack, a pair of arms, hose supporting members slidablymounted thereon, and a flexible retainer supported by the rack andmovable under the weight of said members to a position clear of thehose.

Iii-testimony whereof I atlix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES NUHRING. Witnesses:

Bonner Nunamo.

